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CFL Hazard?

Series: April 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From: Pat Maxwell
Length: 00:01:30

We recently aired a story about Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs -- called CFLs -- which were described as environmentally friendly alternatives to incandescent bulbs. One of our listeners responded. Read the full description.
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Inlay2_small We recently aired a story about Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs -- called CFLs -- which were described as environmentally friendly alternatives to incandescent bulbs. One of our listeners, Rudy Piltch, responded by sending an e-mail reminding us that CFLs contain toxic waste and should be disposed of at a toxic waste site. We checked up on this and found that...

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We recently aired a story about Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs -- called CFLs -- which were described as environmentally friendly alternatives to incandescent bulbs. One of our listeners, Rudy Piltch, responded by sending an e-mail reminding us that CFLs contain toxic waste and should be disposed of at a toxic waste site. We checked up on this and found that...

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